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Work! (To Live) – July 2024

DJ Setlist

DJ set from Work! in July 2024.  Guest DJ this time was Mike Klein from Germany, and there was also a live performance from Majestoluxe from Sweden.  Here’s what I played.  

9pm

Insekt – Damage Done
Ionic Vision – Mass Madness
Pandoria – Crush
Psychic Force – Acceleration
Blind Vision – Bestialic Beat
Brigade Werther – Killbeat
Multiple Man – Luxury
Aircrash Bureau – Machine
Oomph! – Der Neue Gott
Void Kampf – EBM Poseurs

23:45pm

Boy Harsher – Pain (yes, I finally played it)
ULTRA SUNN – Keep Your Eyes Open
Buzz Kull – Into The Void
Kirlian Camera – Eclipse (Anniversary)
Cabaret Voltaire – I Want You
Skinny Puppy – Far Too Frail
Fad Gadget – Ricky’s Hand
Absoulte Body Control – Figures
Front 242 – Rhythm Of Time

Work! (To Live) – March 2024

DJ Setlist

First Terminates Here set of 2024, joining Nathan Nothing and guest DJ Andrew Piper for some more EBM and related styles.

9pm

Wumpscut – Is It You?
Das Ich – Das Dunkle Land
ClockDVA – The Act
X Marks The Pedwalk – Paranoid Illusion
Cabaret Voltaire – The Dream Ticket
Dive – Sidewalk Sinner
MRDTC – Traffic
NTRSN – You See Me
Orange Sector – Der Maschinist
Force Dimension – 200FA
Portion Control – Icon
Wulfband – Kaos MF


23:45pm

Project Pitchfork – K.N.K.A. (Climax Version)
Front Line Assembly – Mindphaser
Eco – Hass und Liebe
Shift – Electrofixx
Ministry – Over The Shoulder
Front 242 – Quite Unusual
The Invincible Spirit – Push!
Kraftwerk – Radioactivity (The Mix Version)
The Human League – Empire State Human
ZyniC – Dream In Black And White
Kite – Jonny Boy

 

Work! (To Live) – July 2023

DJ Setlist

Back to Work!  Tonights event featured guest DJ Traumahound – by joining Nathan and myself, we recreated a DJ line-up last seen and heard in Aces way back in 2015.  Also featured tonight was the first London show of Vagerr.  Anyway, this is what I played.

 

9pm

Flesh Eating Foundation – Report Highlighting Gross Incompetence….
No Sleep By The Machine – Lye
Dead When I Found Her – Downpour
Dorsetshire – Brothers and Sisters
Seven Trees – Going Down
A Split-Second – Bend My Body Armour
Signal Aout 42 – Pro Patria
Underviewer – Nobody But You
Borghesia – Ni Upanja, Ni Strahu
High-Functioning Flesh – Hunger Cries
SARIN – Crash
Kanka + Bodewell – Marathon


12:10am

Rein – Bodyhammer
Youth Code – The Dust of Fallen Rome
Project Pitchfork – KNKA (Climax version)
Leæther Strip – Strap Me Down
Test Dept. – Landlord
Front 242 – Tragedy >For You<
Die Krupps – Metal Machine Music
RevCo – Attack Ships On Fire
Klinik – Moving Hands
Fad Gadget – Ricky’s Hand

Work! (To Live) – March 2023

DJ Setlist

The first anniversary of Work! (To Live) – with Mara Mortem back to join Nathan Nothing and myself for an evening of classic EBM and related styles.   Here’s what I played.  

9pm-9:45pm

Kite – Castle of Sand
Kirlian Camera – Odyssey Europa
The Weathermen – Punishment Park
The Neon Judgement – Chinese Black
Attrition – The Switch
Object – The Ethane Asylum
Scapa Flow – Crucial Impact
NTRSN – You See Me
Oldschool Union – Stressi
Frontal – Lass Mich
Elite! – Maschinen
Sturm Cafe – Koka Kola Freiheit

 

11:15pm-Midnight

Portion Control – Amnesia
Nitzer Ebb – Warsaw Ghetto
Front 242 – No Shuffle
Eco – Hass Und Liebe
Project Pitchfork – Go Further
Front Line Assembly – Plasticity
Covenant – Speed (Club Version)
Die Robo Sapien – Robo Sapien
Cabaret Voltaire – I Want You
Militant Cheerleaders On The Move – Freaks (single edit)

Work! (To Live) – November 2022

DJ Setlist

Back to the Aces basement in Tufnell Park for body beats and assorting electronic oddities with Nathan Nothing and guest DJ Nick Octopus down from Edinburgh.   Almost certainly my last set of 2022, and my 150th in total.  Here’s what I played.

 

9pm-9:45pm

Absolute Body Control – I’m Leaving
Silke Bischoff – On The Other Side I’ll See You Again
Psychic Force – Underpass ’94
X Marks The Pedwalk – Paranoid Illusion
Numb – Dead Inside
Pankow – Gimme More (Much More)
Cobalt 60 – Bye Bye
Orange Sector – Für Immer
Spark! – Ett Lejon I Dig
Jäger 90 – Dessau
Elm – Wapenrustning
Signal Aout 42 – To Talk Nonsense

 

11:15pm-Midnight

Go_A – Shum
Kirlian Camera – Eclipse (Anniversary)
Project Pitchfork – Requiem
Kraftwerk – Radioactivity (The Mix version)
Nitzer Ebb – Getting Closer
Front 242 – In Rhythmus Blieben
DAF – Verschwende Deine Jugend
Die Krupps – Tod Und Teufel
A Split-Second – Flesh
Ministry – Revenge
Camouflage – The Great Commandment
Eleven Pond – Watching Trees

 

Work! (To Live) – July 2022

DJ Setlist

A return to the Aces and Eights basement, where I joined Nathan Nothing and Cavey Nik to play a night of EBM and related styles.  I don’t play that often these days, so every set like this is special.  

 

9pm

Vangelis – Alpha
32Crash – Slow Crash
Haujobb – Dead Market
AutoDaFeh – Identity Unknown
klack – Discipline
á;GRUMH – C.B.B. (14%)
Borghesia – Discipline (same title but different song to the klack one…..)
The Young Gods – Jimmy
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult – Do You Fear For Your Child
Revolting Cocks – Attack Ships On Fire
Kraftwerk – Numbers
Welle:Erdball – Starfighter F-104G
Kirlian Camera – Nightglory

 

11:15pm

Project Pitchfork – K.N.K.A. (Climax Version)
Front Line Assembly – Iceloate
Leæther Strip – Adrenalin Rush
The Invincible Spirit – Push!
Das Ich – Destillat (Original version)
Front 242 – No Shuffle
Nitzer Ebb – Control I’m Here
DAF – Kebabträume
Cabaret Voltaire – I Want You
Klinik – Moving Hands
Skinny Puppy – Far Too Frail

Work! (To Live) – March 2022

DJ Setlist

The first Terminates Here set since the pandemic began took place at Work! (To Live), a real-world version of Nathan Nothing’s lockdown-era online event Work! (From Home). Back to one of my favourite venues, and one of my favourite styles to play, alongside Nathan and DJ Mara Mortem. And thanks to Bandcamp Fridays, some new bands alongside the old favourites.

 

9pm-9:45pm

Due to my 2-year DJing layoff, I decided to start the event with the last track I played at the final Terminates Here set (also at Aces and Eights) in March 2020, followed by a reprise of the first track ever played at a TH set back in 2008 (also in Tufnell Park). Then the hard rhythms could begin…..

Ramin Djawadi fear Serj Tankian – The Rains of Castamere
Laibach – Mama Leone
:Wumpscut: – Capital Punishment
Deja Vu 2 – World Alert (2014 mix)
Borghesia – Ni Upanja, Ni Strahu
Ministry – Just Like You
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult – Kooler Than Jesus
Cabaret Voltaire – Just Fascination
Pouppée Fabrikk – Death
Chrome Corpse – Remembering Your Words
Rein – There Is No Authority but Yourself

 

11:15pm-12:00am

Possibly one of my favourite DJ stints, ever…..

Absolute Body Control – Figures
Front 242 – Tragedy For You (Punish Your Machine)
Leæther Strip – Strap Me Down
Red Meat – Wrapped In Leather
Test Dept – Landlord
Armageddon Dildos – East West
Choke Chain – Blood
Cat Rapes Dog – American Dream
Youth Code – The Dust of Fallen Rome
Portion Control – Amnesia
Die Krupps – Robo Sapien

DJ Terminates Here vs DJ The Scot – March 2020

DJ Setlist

And then over the road for our Open Request List event….all except the first few and final run are requests.

Set 1

The Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs
The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Bonzo Dog Band – I’m The Urban Spaceman
The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
Patti Smith – Dancing Barefoot
Lene Lovich – Lucky Number
Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill
Depeche Mode – Black Celebration
Japan – Quiet Life
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Cities In Dust

Set 2

Tool – Schism
Lindemann – Knebel
Die Krupps – Vision 2020 Vision
Liaisons Dangereuses – Los niños del parque
Black Light Ascension – Club Death
The Sisters of Mercy – Marian
Killing Joke – Love Like Blood
The Cult – Resurrection Joe
Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak
T.Rex – Children Of The Revolution
The Leather Nun – Ride Into Your Town
Metallica – For Whom The Bell Tolls
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
Alice In Chains – Rooster

Set 3

Iris – Closer To Real
Wolfsheim – Once In A Lifetime
Project Pitchfork – I Live Your Dream
Alexander Veljanov – The Wind
The Sisters Of Mercy – The Damage Done
The Pretenders – Stop Your Sobbing
Florence and the Machine – Shake It Out
The KVB – Captives

Final Tag-Team

Scott’s tracks are in italics.

Soviet Soviet – Rainbow
Agent Side Grinder – Life In Advance
NIN – The Lovers
:Wumpscut: – Hold (Kirlian Camera Remix)
Radiohead – Idioteque
Underworld – Stagger
Leftfield – Swords
Faithless – Drifting Away
Portishead – The Rip
Bat For Lashes – In God’s House
Goldfrapp – Annabel

Outro: Ramin Djawadi feat Serj Tankian – The Rains Of Castamere

DJ Terminates Here vs DJ The Scot – December 2019

DJ Setlist

Back to the classic linup for our December edition. In keeping with the spirit of the event, everything in this section except the final run is requests.

Set 1

The Cure – Burn
Sisters Of Mercy – Lucretia My Reflection
Depeche Mode – Wrong
Project Pitchfork – Souls
VNV Nation – When Is The Future?
Mesh – Automation Baby
Covenant – Call The Ships To Port
Code 64 – Leaving Earth
Talk Talk – Such a Shame
Agent Side Grinder – Life In Advane
Suspiria – Awfully Sinister
Virgin Prunes – Pagan Love Song
London After Slimelight – Psycho Magnet
Type O Negative – Life Is Killing Me
Razed In Black – Share This Poison

Set 2

Note that Scott did a fairly sizable set whilst I ate my pizza between the above and this – hence the presence of yet-another 2003-vintage Type O track so soon. Glad some other people rate this album!

Dio – Holy Diver
Ozzy Osbourne – Mr.Crowley
Type O Negative – Nettie
Die Krupps – Robo Sapien
The Prodigy – Fuel My Fire
Johnny Moped – Hard Loving Man
The Damned – Plan 9 Channel 7
The Fall – How I Wrote Elastic Man
Nirvana – Lounge Act
Rammstein – Engel
Iron Maiden – Hallowed By Thy Name
Aerosmith – Crazy
Alice In Chains – Man In The Box

Set 3

Scorpions – Wind Of Change
Davie Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World
Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side
Patti Smith – Dancing Barefoot

Final Tag-Team

Scott’s tracks are in italics.

Blondie – Doom Or Destiny
Danielle Dax – Cat House
Xmal Deutschland – Augen-Blick
Joy Division – New Dawn Fades
Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
Faetal – Divide By Zero
Muse – New Born
Radiohead – The Bends
Mansun – Wide Open Space
The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony
Echobelly – King of the Kerb
Suede – The Beautiful Ones
Garbage – #1 Crush

Outro: NIN – A Warm Place

DJ Terminates Here vs DJ Translight – September 2019

DJ Setlist

With Scott unavailable once more, DJ Translight stepped in to join me for our Open Request List Event, which has now been running for 5 years. All but the first few and last few are requests.

Set 1

Johnny Cash – Hurt
The Tornados – Telstar
The Shadows – Wonderful Land
Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
T.Rex – Jeepster
Bauhaus – Double Dare
The Cure – Primary
Depeche Mode – Stripped
Blutengel – You Walk Away
Diary Of Dreams – She
Apoptygma Berzerk – Non-Stop Violence
Nine Inch Nails – Only
Light Asylum – Dark Allies

Set 2

In Extremo – Küss mich
Moonspell – Opium
Paradise Lost – Erased
69 Eyes – Gothic Girl
Dreadful Shadows – Through The Mirror
The Cult – Rain
The March Violets – Grooving In Green
Sisters Of Mercy – Marian
Gene Loves Jezebel – Desire
Virgin Prunes – Baby Turns Blue
The Normal – Warm Leatherette
Portion Control – Amnesia
Static-X – Cold

Set 3

IAMX – Think Of England
Garbage – #1 Crush
Marilyn Manson – The Lamb Of God
PJ Harvey – Down By The Water
Light Asylum – IPC
Ministry – Stigmata
Sex Pistols – Bodies
Magazine – Shot By Both Sides
The Raincoats – Fairytale In The Supermarket
Alien Sex Fiend – Ignore The Machine

Terminates Here vs Translight final tag-team

Not quite alternating one-for-one, but DJ Translight’s tunes are in italics.

Sopor Aeternus – The House Is Empty Now
Inkubus Sukkubus – Lilith, Kali, Nemesis, Morrigan
The Damned – Smash It Up (Parts 1&2)
Rammstein – Zeig Dich
Megaherz – Wir könnten Götter sein
Ghost – Year Zero
Witt – Wo Versteckt Sich Gott
ASP – Geisterjagd
The Beauty Of Gemina – The Lonesome Death Of A Goth DJ
Project Pitchfork – Sunset Devastation
NIN – Dead Souls
Earth Loop Recall – Like Machines

Outro: Attrition – God Save The Queen